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Welsh government budget passes as top Tories attend a prayer breakfast with Trump
Trade unionists protest against the Welsh government's budget outside the Senedd, February 4, 2025

TWO Tory members who missed Tuesday night’s budget vote to attend a prayer meeting with US President Donald Trump helped the Welsh government pass its £26 billion financial plan.

The draft budget will not be formally adopted until a Senedd vote a month from now. 

But opponents and interest groups sought changes to the distribution of money and a rejection would have caused the government to reconsider.

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